Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Shield Intellectual Property Pc

18 pending office actions • 10 clients • 16 examiners • 15 art units • 0 of 18 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 51 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

18
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 18 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
1
Due this week
8
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 18 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (8)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (1)

Case Difficulty Mix

Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.

3
Hard (17%)
12
Medium (67%)
0
Easy (0%)
3
Unknown (17%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only3 (17%)
§103 only9 (50%)
§102 only3 (17%)
No statute on record3 (17%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
8
Information Tech
44% of docket
1
Communications
6% of docket
2
Semiconductors
11% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
39% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.

180 h
Manual time on pending OAs
36 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
63 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ALVAREZ, RAQUEL 2 49.8% +6.2%
AUSTIN, JAMIE H 2 24.8% +32.8%
PEREZ FUENTES, LUIS M 1 83.5% -17.7%
BARRY, LANCE LEONARD 1 84.4% +5.1%
FEREJA, SAMUEL D 1 74.9% +11.6%
BENNETT, STUART D 1 69.3% -15.2%
WOOLCOCK, MADHU 1 55.6% +72.1%
NGUYEN, ANH TUAN V 1 72.2% +19.8%
WHITE, JOSHUA RAYMOND 1 76.7% +36.0%
ULLAH, ELIAS 1 84.6% +8.0%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19066029 IMAGE RESHAPING IN VIDEO CODING USING RATE DISTORTION OPTIMIZATION PEREZ FUENTES, LUIS M 1d overdue
18391031 WIDE BAND GAP (WBG) DEVICES BASED THREE-LEVEL ACTIVE NEUTRAL POINT CLAMPED (ANPC) POWER MODULE DESIGNS ULLAH, ELIAS 29d

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18086236 BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM USING GRAPH NEURAL NETWORK MANG, LAL C 31d overdue
18939380 LOAD BALANCING FOR WEIGHTED EQUAL COST MULTI-PATH (ECMP) BARRY, LANCE LEONARD 12d
16809430 SELECTING DIGITAL MEDIA ASSETS BASED ON TRANSITIONS ACROSS CATEGORIES AUSTIN, JAMIE H 28d
18100286 SELECTING DIGITAL MEDIA ASSETS BASED ON TRANSITIONS ACROSS CATEGORIES AUSTIN, JAMIE H 34d

Interview Candidates (6)

Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18856274 SIGN PREDICTION IN VIDEO CODING FEREJA, SAMUEL D 9d overdue
18737917 DYNAMIC RUNTIME CONFIGURE SYSTEM FOR BITCOIN MINING SYSTEMS TO IMPROVE SYSTEM PERFORMANCE AND COMPLIANCE WITH ENERGY PROVIDERS WHITE, JOSHUA RAYMOND 7d
18834191 VOLUMETRIC IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE WITH MULTIPLE VIEWS NGUYEN, ANH TUAN V 12d
16809430 SELECTING DIGITAL MEDIA ASSETS BASED ON TRANSITIONS ACROSS CATEGORIES AUSTIN, JAMIE H 28d
18100286 SELECTING DIGITAL MEDIA ASSETS BASED ON TRANSITIONS ACROSS CATEGORIES AUSTIN, JAMIE H 34d
18823281 AUTOMATIC FLOW MANAGEMENT WOOLCOCK, MADHU 83d

Client Portfolio (10 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
24812
36222
36252
24571
24871
24511
26191
24381
28931
36651

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19066029 IMAGE RESHAPING IN VIDEO CODING USING RATE DISTORTION OPTIMIZATION Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation PEREZ FUENTES, LUIS M 2481 §102 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Feb 27, 2025
18939380 LOAD BALANCING FOR WEIGHTED EQUAL COST MULTI-PATH (ECMP) Marvell Asia Pte. Ltd. BARRY, LANCE LEONARD 2457 §101 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Nov 06, 2024
18856274 SIGN PREDICTION IN VIDEO CODING Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation FEREJA, SAMUEL D 2487 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Oct 11, 2024
18851620 MESSAGING PARAMETERS FOR NEURAL-NETWORK POST FILTERING IN IMAGE AND VIDEO CODING Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation BENNETT, STUART D 2481 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Sep 26, 2024
18823281 AUTOMATIC FLOW MANAGEMENT Innovium, Inc. WOOLCOCK, MADHU 2451 §103 Final Rejection 83d Pending Sep 03, 2024
18834191 VOLUMETRIC IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE WITH MULTIPLE VIEWS Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation NGUYEN, ANH TUAN V 2619 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jul 29, 2024
18737917 DYNAMIC RUNTIME CONFIGURE SYSTEM FOR BITCOIN MINING SYSTEMS TO IMPROVE SYSTEM PERFORMANCE AND COMPLIANCE WITH ENERGY PROVIDERS Auradine, Inc. WHITE, JOSHUA RAYMOND 2438 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Jun 07, 2024
18391031 WIDE BAND GAP (WBG) DEVICES BASED THREE-LEVEL ACTIVE NEUTRAL POINT CLAMPED (ANPC) POWER MODULE DESIGNS UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE RESEARCH FOUNDATION ULLAH, ELIAS 2893 §102 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Dec 20, 2023
18541363 TRANSFORMER-BASED AI PLANNER FOR LANE CHANGING ON MULTI-LANE ROAD Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft ROBERT, DANIEL M 3665 §102 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Dec 15, 2023
18511293 IN-VEHICLE MEDIA DISCOVERY AND RENDERING Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft RODRIGUEZ, DANIEL 2178 §103 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Nov 16, 2023
18383793 PER LAYER ANTI-PAD STRUCTURE FOR BALL GRID ARRAY PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE Astera Labs, Inc. ABRAHAM, JOSE K 3729 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Oct 25, 2023
18231642 ENSEMBLE-BASED MULTIMEDIA ASSET RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM Iris.Tv, Inc. ALVAREZ, RAQUEL 3622 Other Final Rejection 21d Pending Aug 08, 2023
18116675 METHODOLOGY TO AUTOMATICALLY INCORPORATE FEEDBACK TO ENABLE SELF LEARNING IN NEURAL LEARNING ARTIFACTORIES Global Elmeast Inc. SMITH, BRIAN M 2122 Other Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Mar 02, 2023
18101107 Online Asset Recommendation System Iris.Tv, Inc. ALVAREZ, RAQUEL 3622 Other Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Jan 24, 2023
18100286 SELECTING DIGITAL MEDIA ASSETS BASED ON TRANSITIONS ACROSS CATEGORIES Iris.Tv, Inc. AUSTIN, JAMIE H 3625 §101 Final Rejection 34d Pending Jan 23, 2023
18086236 BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM USING GRAPH NEURAL NETWORK Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft MANG, LAL C 2857 §101 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Dec 21, 2022
18086192 INTELLIGENT SPEED CHECK Cariad SE MILLER, PRESTON JAY 3661 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Dec 21, 2022
16809430 SELECTING DIGITAL MEDIA ASSETS BASED ON TRANSITIONS ACROSS CATEGORIES Iris.Tv, Inc. AUSTIN, JAMIE H 3625 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Mar 04, 2020

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